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High Rate Bond

A bond that pays large coupons over its life. This bond typically sells at par, while the holder receives a...

Conversion Price

With respect to convertible bonds, it is the principal amount divided by the bond's conversion ratio, which is actually the...

Crossover Refunding Bond

A bond that is issued for the sake of refinancing an existing bond issue before maturity. The proceeds from the...

Crossover Credit

A credit (in the form of loans, bonds, etc) that fills in the cusp between an investment-grade credit and a...

Inverse Floater Tranche

A tranche that is created from the collateral tranche (in a CMO structure), and whose coupon rate is inversely related...

BEST Turbo Certificate

A turbo certificate (knock-out certificate) in which the knock-out barrier (KO barrier) is set equal to the strike price. If...

Floating-Rate Preferred Stock

A preferred stock whose dividend is readjusted at specified periods based, for example, on the maximum of a set of...

Auction Rate Preferred Stock

A type of floating-rate preferred stock whose dividend payments are determined at periodic auctions carried out by the issuer rather...

Money Market Preferred Stock

A type of floating-rate preferred stock whose dividend payments are determined at periodic auctions carried out by the issuer rather...

Mid Swap

The reference rate which is used to calculate the premium that a bond buyer will pay. Adding a spread to...